I had a situation where a user had problems downloading an email. I wanted to delete that particular email, but I did not know if I could simply ssh to the server, navigate to the proper directory, and delete the email or is there a certain procedure to be followed. If I can simply delete the email, then where is the location of the email(s) for a user?

ssh into your server

su -

su username

pine

delete email

exit

exit

exit

done

FYI the spool location is /home/spool/mail

Brandon

Or you can flush the box:

Login as su

Then run:
# > ~mail/username